ORYZOMYS. 249 
Fig. 40. ORYZOMYS VEGETUS. 
Mus. Comp. Zo6!]. Twice nat. size. 
UPPER TOOTH ROW. LOWER TOOTH ROW. 
Enlarged to times Enlarged to times. 
241. costaricen is (Oryzomys), Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 
1893, Pp. 239. 
Ev GENERAL RICE Rat. 
Type locality. El General, Costa Rica. 
Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Central America. Altitude, from 2,150 
to 10,342 feet. 
Genl. Char. Size small; tail much longer than head and body. 
Skull with superciliary bead absent. 
Color. Above varying from yellowish brown to yellowish chest- 
nut, lined heavily with black; sides ochraceous buff; under parts deep 
buff; lateral line fulvous; tail naked, unicolor, pale brown; hands and 
feet buffy white; ears dusky brown on outside, yellowish inside. 
Measurements. Total length, 196; tail vertebre, 117; hind foot, 
23; ear from crown, 7. Skull: total length, 21; basal length, 17.8; 
zygomatic width, 11.4; width of braincase, 10.1; interorbital con- 
striction, 4.3; length of nasals, 8; length of upper molar series, 3. 
(ex Type.) 
242. *vegetus (Oryzomys), Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Xxxx1x,1902, 
P- 35: 
* This is considered by Dr. J. A. Allen to be the same as O. costaricensts. 
See Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1904, p. 69. 
